#CAE455#CAE455

#CAE455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.168 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE455
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -27.73, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 70.37, 113.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0811 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.168 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7411, 68.6996, 19.0218)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE455 #6F55E4

analogous

#E4B755 #CAE455 #83E455

triadic

#CAE455 #55CAE4 #E455CA

tetradic

#CAE455 #55E4B7 #6F55E4 #E45583

square

#CAE455 #55E4B7 #6F55E4 #E45583

split-complementary

#CAE455 #5583E4 #B755E4

monochromatic

#8BA41A #B8D923 #CAE455 #DAEC8A #EBF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#CAE455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE455

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE455	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.168 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec8b',
    500: '#cae455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae455;
$custom-light: #ddec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87284,
    "c": 0.16834,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE455

secondary

#4B36A7

accent

#11D534

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE455

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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